shotgun

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 Adjective 1.6 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• shot-gun

[edit] Etymology

From shot + gun. Front passenger seat sense comes from ride shotgun.

[edit] Noun

shotgun (countable and uncountable; plural shotguns)

1. A gun which fires loads consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.
2. (slang) The front passenger seat in a vehicle, next to the driver.

   I call shotgun! (I claim the right to sit in the passenger seat.)

3. (US) A one-story dwelling with no hallways or corridors, with the rooms arranged in a straight line. Mostly heard in the southern United States.

   Elvis Presley was born in a two-bedroom shotgun in Tupelo, Mississippi.

4. (American football) A play formation in which the quarterback is a few feet behind the snapper when the ball is hiked, ideally allowing for an easier pass play.

[edit] Derived terms

• double-barrelled shotgun
• ride shotgun
• sawn-off shotgun / sawed-off shotgun
• shotgun sequencing
• shotgun shack
• shotgun wedding
• shotty

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to shotgun (third-person singular simple present shotguns, present participle shotgunning, simple past and past participle shotgunned)

1. (slang, smoking) To inhale from a pipe or other smoking device, followed shortly by an exhalation into someone else’s mouth.
2. (informal, transitive) To verbally lay claim to (something)

   I got a day off because I shotgunned it.

3. (baseball, transitive) To hit the ball directly back at the pitcher.
4. (US, idiomatic, slang) To rapidly drink a beverage from a can by making a hole in the bottom of the can, placing the hole above one's mouth, and opening the top.

[edit] Adjective

shotgun (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to a shotgun.

   The ground was littered with shotgun shells.

2. Occuring as a result of the threat of force.
3. Utilizing numerous or highly diverse means to achieve a particular result.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of ghnostu
• gunshot
• noughts